Clementi Replaces Davis, Draws Titan FC Assignment

UFC veteran Rich
Clementi (Pictured) will lock horns with Aaron
Derrow in a featured welterweight tilt at Titan Fighting
Championship 16 on Jan. 28 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan.
Clementi replaces World Extreme Cagefighting alum L.C. Davis,
who withdrew from the event with an injury.

“I was heartbroken to hear about L.C.’s injury because I know how
much it meant to him to be able to come back to Kansas City and
compete in front of his friends and family,” Titan Fighting CEO Joe
Kelly said in a release. “However, we really feel good about being
able to secure a fighter the stature of Rich Clementi on such short
notice.”

Derrow was originally slated to meet Alonzo
Martinez in a lightweight tilt. Titan officials are currently
exploring options for a replacement opponent to fight Martinez.

Clementi has won five of his past seven bouts. The Slidell,
La.-based 34-year-old last appeared at Cage Wars “Validation” in
December, when he submitted Felipe
Enomoto with a third-round armbar at the Odyssey Arena in
Belfast, Northern Ireland. A gifted grappler, Clementi has secured
more than half (23) of his 39 career victories by submission. Wins
over former International Fight League lightweight champion
Ryan
Schultz, Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts standout Melvin
Guillard and Team Kaobon’s Terry Etim
highlight his resume, which spans more than a decade.

Derrow will carry a two-fight winning streak into the match. He has
not fought since appearing under the Tommy Tran Promotions banner
in December, when he needed just 18 seconds to blast through
George
Little.